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Stewart StevensonBanffshire, Scotland

Born in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife, I was educated at the local school - Bell Baxter - and then studied Mathematics at the University of Aberdeen, graduating with a modest degree in 1969. That's also the year Sandra & I married. Her family comes from the North East.

Thirty years later I retired from Bank of Scotland as Director of Technology Innovation and was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 2001 as member for Banff & Buchan having first joined the SNP in 1961.

I am a Fellow of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, a Member at The Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Professional Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a Member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists and an Associate Member of the Highland Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Association.

27 September 2013

Stewart Stevenson, SNP MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast has this week raised the issue in a parliamentary question to the First Minister about proposed privatisation of Royal Mail.

Royal Mail is set to be privatised in October this year, however, the plans have been heavily criticised by the SNP and union leaders. This sell-off is widely regarded as the largest privatisation since John Major’s Government’s railway privatisation in the 1990s. The First Minister had sent a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for a moratorium on the privatisation of Royal Mail.

Mr Stevenson in a parliamentary question asked the First Minister if David Cameron had answered his calls to consider setting up a moratorium into the proposed sell-off. However, the First Minister Alex Salmond responded that he had not yet had any response.

Speaking after raising the matter with the First Minister, Mr Stevenson commented:

“I am disappointed to learn that David Cameron has failed to reply to the First Minister’s request for a moratorium to consider the privatisation of Royal Mail.

“The sell off of Royal Mail is a real concern for many constituents in the Banffshire and Buchan coast area and across Scotland. Rural communities rely heavily on the postal service- a reliable service is essential for providing a lifeline to people and businesses.

“David Cameron’s failure to respond to the First Minister’s letter demonstrates yet again Westminster’s failure to consider the wishes of the people of Scotland.”